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Sunday, 10 February 2008

The Regional Sector Conferences taking place at the moment are for every workplace rep or shop steward in the sector and are key events which:

Meet other reps from the sector

Elect delegates to the National Sector Conference in June

Allow reps to submit motions which can go to the National Sector Conference

Elect the Regional Sector Committee

Fill any vacancy on the Regional Council

Discuss reports from the National Officer, Regional Officer and National Executive Council

As one of the two Amicus NEC member for the EEE&IT sector, I've been getting to all that I can. I've previously posted all the dates and venues, partly because there are always problems with some reps not getting invitations for one reason or another.

If you're going along to yours, please have a think about what sector specific motion(s) you might want to submit. There are lots of issues bothering reps in our sector, so it is a missed opportunity if conferences don't have motions to debate.

To help reps work out what to prioritise, here's a list of what I understand the various regions have passed so far:

North East: a motion about the impact on Climate Change and the environment of closing factories and transporting goods around the world.

Yorkshire & Humberside: a motion about the new wave of attacks on occupational pensions in our sector. A motion about the loss of the organiser for our sector and how we can develop our sector organising plan.

South West: a motion for a shorter working week

North West: Health & Safety in the semiconductor & computer manufacturing industries and making our sector structure work. The conference also agreed a motion about where IT should sit in the UNITE sector structure, but this was not one of the two prioritised for the National Sector Conference

East Midlands: A motion about the loss of the organiser for our sector and how we can develop our sector organising plan.

West Midlands: a motion about where IT should sit in the UNITE sector structure

The conferences for Ireland, South East, and London & Eastern regions are still to come.